Gotlandssnus Gulsnus

[theoldsearock]

After reading about the Gotland "green" tasting somewhat like apples, I'm wondering what the Gulsnus or "yellow" loose tastes like?

The description is:

Gotland Gul Loose
Loose snus with a classic full-bodied tobacco taste and a feeling of Gotland.

A lot of ancient history in Gotland - I'm curious. Opinions? I've not seen this brand talked about much on the board.

[anweis]

Re: Gotlandssnus Gulsnus

After reading about the Gotland "green" tasting somewhat like apples, I'm wondering what the Gulsnus or "yellow" loose tastes like?

The description is:

Gotland Gul Loose
Loose snus with a classic full-bodied tobacco taste and a feeling of Gotland.

A lot of ancient history in Gotland - I'm curious. Opinions? I've not seen this brand talked about much on the board.

Well, i just got a can of Gotland green. One year ago this stuff tasted like elderberry flowers and herbs, amazing stuff! In winter it tasted like artificial apples. The new can is nice, with herbal taste. I suppose they flavor it according to whatever is available on the island. In summer they have plants and elderberry on Gotland, in winter they use artificial flavoring.

[Gurn Blandston]

I've been enjoying my can of Gotlandssnus Gul loose.

It's got a very unique flavor, very peaty and mossy. I'm not sure what a feeling of Gotland is like, but it conjures up a kind of Autumn/Winter mood in me, but then that could all be wishful on my part as it is August and I despise summer.

A few more weeks - ALAS!

Anyway, it's good and a nice mysterious change of pace. I wouldn't be able to spend the whole day with it, but then I can't spend the whole day with any single kind of snus but Ettan.

Gurn

[theoldsearock]

I've been enjoying my can of Gotlandssnus Gul loose.

And so I finally tried my sole tin of the Gotlandssnus Gul. Peaty is an apt description plus some spice flavor that I can't put my finger on; is it some citrus or maybe juniper?

My wife says that my taste buds are "dead". She's on the right track - I enjoy spicy foods, pipe tobaccos with perique and cigars with a good kick and lots of cedar aging.

Gotlandssnuss Gul is reasonably coarse and the prilla holds together well.

For me I'm learning that coarseness is a PLUS. For example, I love the flavor of the Roda but (as a guru mentioned in another thread) the granularity is very fine; after so long the Roda turns into 'snus-mud'.

I don't know if I'd buy more Gotlandssnuss in quantity but it's certainly a nice snuss of high quality. There's not enough spicy flavor to seperate Gotlandssnuss from the pack - My tastes seem to run more towards the Nick and Johnny, General and Goteborgs Rape.

Trying these brands is a lot of fun IF I can keep my open cans to a minimum. Stale snus is not good snus. :lol:

[Craig de Tering]

I know the feeling! When I started snusing and ordered a whole raft of different brands and tastes every time, it was also very difficult to pace myself and stick to emptying one can at a time. I'd be so curious and tempted to open more of 'em at once.
But eventually, in time, everybody settles on maybe one to a handful of favorites and since by then you already know how each tastes you don't have this luxury problem everytime.

I still gotta try Gotlandssnus though...and Grovsnus.

[Gurn Blandston]

Groovy icon there Craig

:twisted:

I also agree on your point. I started snusing this June and am now reaching a point where there are 3 kinds of snus:

Those ordered by the log - skruf, general, ettan, goteborgs prima fint (so far)
Those ordered by the single can, where Gotlandssnus and Roda falls for me
And those never ever ordered again -Gustavus, LD

I buy whatever log I am low on, plus a few cans to try. I am awaiting some diplomat, gellavare, landstoms, and grovsnus. Zero, I believe, really raves about the Grov and I ordered some because of him.

I usually have 3-4 cans open at any one time, which is how I like it. I've discovered that variety is not only the spice of life, but also of snus.


GB

ps - nic and johnny is a special case. It falls between the log and the single can area. I am still researching this one, even as I type.

[Zero]

Variety is indeed a great thing about snus - it's what separates it from cigarettes, which are all basically the same. Snus is more like wine...lots to choose from depending on mood and situation.

[Craig de Tering]

People who think WINE has a large variety don't know what they're missing.
Zero, if you ever have a week or two, three or more...GO TO BELGIUM and make it your mission to try to drink beer all day and TRY to order a different one every time.
Even if you had 3 months off and drank 10** different ones every day you still wouldn't have tried all the Belgian ales, beers, pales, trappists, triples and such. Plus you'll gain about 20 Lbs.

All you really have to do is find lodging in Brugge/Bruges and crawl every day to "Bier Restaurant Gambrinus De Koning" just in an alley next to the central plaza/market and spend your days in there. The beer menu alone is a full inch thick, updated daily by availability and the pages are color-coded by beer type, each beer with an extensive description in 3 languages. Plus the food is otherworldly (the master cook uses the same beers too). To top it all off: the prices are very reasonable, the atmosphere very laid-back. Not to mention the waitresses :wink:
According to Google Earth it's located at 51°12'34.14"N 3°13'32.17"E on the corner of Ieperstraat and Hoogstraat(?).

** Remember most true belgian beers start at 6% and are 375ml. Many are stronger and come in larger bottles. So yeah, ten. After those your taste buds and brain are useless anyway and you can finish off the day chugging away equally delicious but more popular lagers/pilseners.

[Gurn Blandston]

Belgian Beer is delicious. I haven't had much, but have tried Orvell...please forgive my spelling....Duvel, Maredsous.

Yummy Yummy. It's pretty hard to come by around here.

[Craig de Tering]

You mean Orval. That's a good one yeah. Actually there's no such thing as a "bad" Belgian beer. They're all different but all good.
Some of the best are Chimay blue label (especially if aged a few years)

...and Rochefort 10 (or "8" or "6")

..and my faves:
Kriek Boon (made with real Kriek cherries) and Oude Geuze Boon



You'll swear you died and went to heaven.

[Zero]

Ahh, Belgian beer 8) Love it. Quebec has some great Belgian-style beers too. Unibroue is a pretty popular brewery with some great beers like Fin du Monde and Maudite :twisted:

http://www.unibroue.com/

[Craig de Tering]

Fin du Monde and Maudite :twisted:

LOOOL!!!
Awesome names. BTW, if The Bomb dropped while you were in that Restautrant Gambrinus I mentioned above, I reckon you wouldn't care at all.
Worries just melt away on the tongue in there.

[Gurn Blandston]

I've had some Chimay now that I think of it, a year or so ago. Your photos bring back the memories of it, albeit hazzy ones.

Delightful.

I do enjoy a good beer. Never got into wine. I couldn't imagine watching a baseball or hockey game with a glass of wine. I just seems wrong.

Around here we can get a good supply of German, English, and Irish beer but one needs to do some scouting to locate the Belgians.

The best beers I ever had in my life are American ones, surprisingly, made by Rogue out in Portland, Oregon.




There are several kinds, these are just a few.

You can't get it in the Midwest so I told the wife let's drive out to the Pacific, make love on the beach, leave the kids at grandma's, so on, made it sound really romantic.

In reality, I was on a beer run. A big one. Good thing I took the truck instead of the car.

We've done this two summers in a row now and she's catching on. Good thing she loves this beer too.

GB

[llewelynt]

Fin du Monde refers to a particular end of the earth- at Newfoundland, I believe. Unibroue is indeed good stuff!

I have had Geuze. I found it very sour and not to my taste.

Belgian beer is indeed wonderful. However, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Wrecsam Lager (that's Wrexham for you English types).